the activity or skill of writing

parents want schools to concentrate on reading, writing, and arithmetic

the activity or occupation of composing text for publication

she made a decent living from writing

mark (letters, words, or other symbols) on a surface, typically paper, with a pen, pencil, or similar implement

he wrote his name on the paper

he wrote very neatly in blue ink

compose, write, and send (a letter) to someone

I wrote a letter to Alison

I wrote him a short letter

Thank you and goodbye. I'll write soon

Eleanor wrote to her sister Laura in Paris

compose (a text or work) for written or printed reproduction or publication; put into literary form and set down in writing

she wrote a bestselling novel

I didn't know you wrote poetry

he wrote under a pseudonym

he had written about the beauty of Andalucia

enter (data) into an electronic or magnetic storage device, or into a particular location in a computer’s file system

files can be read and written directly into the file system

underwrite (an insurance policy)